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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Carterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carterville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Carterville:
    • 31.319897, -89.246171
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Carterville
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Forrest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest County
    • Since Carterville is near Lamar County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Carterville

Communities Also Named Carterville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Carterville.

Within Mississippi, the name Carterville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This Carterville is located in Eagle County and lies 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Carterville.
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Carterville [Saint Johns County].
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Carterville is located in Williamson County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the north of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Carterville.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Carterville is located in Bossier Parish and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Carterville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Carterville is located in Worcester County and lies 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Carterville.
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Carterville is located in Jasper County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Carterville.
    • New York
      • Oswego County
      • This Carterville is located in Oswego County and lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Carterville.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Carterville [Lawrence County].
    • Texas
      • Cass County
      • This Carterville is located in Cass County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Carterville.
      • Harrison County
      • This Carterville is located in Harrison County and lies 325 miles [523 km] to the west northwest of the Carterville that is located in Forrest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Carterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carterville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Dragon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dragon is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
  • Four Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Four Points is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • Goodluck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • Harvey
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harvey is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Indian Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Indian Springs is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Leeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Leeville is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeville
  • Mars Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Mars Hill is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
  • Peoples Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Peoples Ferry is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Ferry
  • Petal
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Petal is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <4>
  • Shadow Wood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Shadow Wood is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Wood
  • Sunrise
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sunrise is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Tall Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Tall Pines is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines

How Far From Carterville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Carterville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carterville and extending to:

  • Hattiesburg, which is the Seat of Forrest County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Carterville to Jackson, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 864 miles [1,390.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,467 miles [12,017 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Carterville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Carterville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3199, Longitude: -89.2462       In this case, the coordinates for Carterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.972 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.489 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.684 degrees.